Recommended Reading

If you can't think of a good book try one of these award winners:

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Boys are Dogs, by Leslie Margolis

Carter Finally Gets It, by Brent Crawford
The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams,

Identical, by Ellen Hopkins,

If I Stay, by Gayle Forman,

The Indigo Notebook, by Laura Resau

The Killer’s Cousin, by Nancy Werlin

Living Dead Girl, by Elizabeth Scott
Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork

The Monstrumologist, by Rick Yancey

The Help, by Kathryn StockettThe Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Solace of the Road, by Siobhan Dowd
The Spectacular Now, by Tim Tharp

Tree Girl: A Novel, by Ben Mikaelsen

Wildwood Dancing, by Juliet Marillier

Zen and the Art of Faking It, by Jordan Sonnenblick
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson,